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Adam Litwin, MD, is now anxiously awaiting his chance to become a real doctor.
After graduating from St. James University in the Caribbean in 2018, this is the second match cycle Litwin has entered to vie for a position in family medicine.
While his hope and anxiety are shared by other residency applicants hoping to match this week, Litwin has taken a much different path to getting there.
More than 20 years ago, Litwin disguised himself as a resident physician at UCLA, and was arrested and jailed for impersonating a doctor.
Now, proclaiming that he is reformed, Litwin hopes that his dream of practicing medicine becomes a reality especially in a year when the pandemic has brought a dire need for healthcare professionals.
National Student Leader Is Eager for Match Results
National Student Leader Is Eager for Match Results
March 15, 2021, 12:55 p.m. David Mitchell For the second year in a row, the COVID-19 pandemic will force most fourth-year medical students to celebrate Match Day virtually. Although the gatherings may be smaller and online, some things won’t change.
“I want to remember the people who helped me get here and who will be part of my life no matter where I go,” said Hannah Smith, a fourth-year student at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine in Greenville, N.C.
For Smith, that includes Charles Rhodes, M.D., a family physician from Mt. Pleasant, N.C., who has been her mentor for nearly a decade.
March 12, 2021
Phoebe Tham, a 4th year medical student in the Elson. S Floyd College of Medicine, talks to a standardized patient.
The WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine is hosting its first Match Day ceremony for the inaugural class of medical students that will graduate this spring at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 19.
Match Day is a major milestone for 4
th year medical students in which the National Resident Matching Program notifies graduating medical students across the country about which residency program they have been “matched” to. For several months, students have been applying and interviewing for these coveted spots in their medical specialties of choice. At exactly 9 a.m. PST on the third Friday in March, every medical student across the nation learns where they will spend the next 3–7 years of their medical training.
March 11, 2021 Join us for the Regeneron STS 2021 Public Exhibition of Projects on March 14. Photo courtesy of Society for Science.
Don’t have plans for Pi Day? How about spending it with the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2021 finalists?
This upcoming Sunday, March 14, each finalist will be at their virtual booths for the Public Exhibition of Projects and available to answer questions from 2-4pm ET. Their research spans a wide range of STEM topics, including possible therapies for neurodevelopmental disorders, plant-based scaffolds for cultured meat production and using machine learning to better control traffic lights. Learn more about five of the 40 finalists and their projects below.